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Wednesday Dugout Discussion

21 March 2012 2093 comments
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Gameweek 29 concludes this evening with four of the top five Premier League clubs in action. The Dugout Discussion chatroom opens to absorb your reactions to the events as they unfold. The team news from all four games is in and, starting with the two games about to kick-off, are as follows…

Man City XI: Hart, Zabaleta, Richards, Toure, Clichy, Silva, Toure Yaya, De Jong, Nasri, Aguero, Balotelli.

Chelsea XI: Cech, Ivanovic, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Mikel, Meireles, Ramires, Lampard, Mata, Torres.

A major blow for City is that their captain Vincent Kompany again misses through injury, so Micah Richards moves infield to partner Kolo Toure in central defence with Pablo Zabaleta returning at right-back. Despite previously claiming his career at the club over, Roberto Mancini has named Carlos Tevez amongst his substitutes.

As for Chelsea, Roberto Di Matteo gives Fernando Torres a chance to build on his two FA Cup goals from the weekend, meaning Didier Drogba sits on the bench.

Spurs XI: Friedel, Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto, Kranjcar, Parker, Modric, Bale, Van der Vaart, Saha.

Stoke XI: Begovic, Wilkinson, Huth, Shawcross, Wilson, Pennant, Palacios, Diao, Jerome, Walters, Crouch.

Several changes for both sides include starts for Ledley King, Younes Kaboul and Niko Kranjcar in white, whilst Jermaine Pennant replaces the injured Matthew Etherington for Tony Pulis’ side.

QPR XI: Kenny, Young, Onuoha, Ferdinand, Traore, Barton, Derry, Diakite, Taarabt, Zamora, Cisse.

Liverpool XI: Reina, Kelly, Carragher, Skrtel, Jose Enrique, Kuyt, Spearing, Adam, Downing, Gerrard, Suarez.

Djibril Cisse faces his former club tonight in a side that has spots for both Luke Young and Adel Taarabt. They replace Clint Hill and Shaun Wright-Phillips respectively. Kenny Dalglish opts to drop Andy Carroll to the bench, and he brings in both Charlie Adam and Dirk Kuyt.

Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Heitinga, Distin, Baines, Pienaar, Fellaini, Osman, Drenthe, Cahill, Jelavic.

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Walcott, Arteta, Song, Ramsey, Rosicky, van Persie.

Steven Pienaar returns to Premier League action in place of the injured Seamus Coleman, and Leon Osman captains Everton because Tony Hibbert comes in for Phil Neville at right-back.

Another player facing a previous employer tonight is Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta, who starts in a side making one change from the home win over Newcastle – Aaron Ramsey gets the nod ahead of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

The Dugout Discussion chatroom is open and can be accessed right here.

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  1. Sheep Flavour
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    Aurego trys to do a "Rooney"....and fails 🙂

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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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      sheep flavour tries to spell... and fails

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      1. Sheep Flavour
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        Lol pointing out spelling failures on the internet - fail 🙂

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    2. Davido989
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      Who's Aurego? lol

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      1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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        Goldfinger, isn't it?

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  2. rohan
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    Mata yellow

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  3. COMH
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    Mata you knob.

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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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      good good

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  4. tm245
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    Watching City Chelsea and Arsenal Everton. How are Spurs and Liverpool doing?

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  5. Tommytour
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    Ou est le Goals?

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    1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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      Goodison Parc

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  6. denial
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    Spurs need a goal to settle them down. Badly.

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  7. kaz 96
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    if arsenal win today, che will be in real,real trouble

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    1. Declan
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      🙂

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    2. Somalion
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      They're already in real, real trouble.

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      1. Somalion
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        Now, real, real, real trouble is a different story 😛

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    3. Tommytour
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      To be fair I think they would take drawing against City and expect Arsenal to win.

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  8. QPR Lad 92
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    We are bloody dreadful, I'm watching Man City game now

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    1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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      lol

      well that isn't saying much for my beloved liverpool if it's still nil nil!

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  9. Declan
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    Cisse goes close.

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  10. Brookins
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    Heart in mouth, thought Cisse scored then!

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  11. Le Gooner
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    We were lucky there. Drenthe wasn't offside. Phew!

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    1. The3rdTurd
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      He wasn't! poor decision

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  12. COMH
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    Ashley Cole is miles away from the player he used to be. Just plays it safe nowadays.

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  13. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
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    Horrible ref decision on the disallowed Drenthe goal. He was onside with 1-2 metres.

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    1. Somalion
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      So happy I don't have him now, that would have put me over the edge.

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      1. Locarno
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        I do have him, and it's put me over the edge. I may have to drink.

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        1. Le Gooner
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          Oh dear. Bad luck.

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        2. Somalion
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          Oh no, my deepest sympathies. Owned him long enough to understand the pain he can cause.

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      2. Le Gooner
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        😀 I can imagine.

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        1. Somalion
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          Ha just far too much failure from one player for me!

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          1. Le Gooner
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            Looking lively tonight though.

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            1. Somalion
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              He usually does, just no rewards. I like him as a player.

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  14. Mr Sarcastic
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    Hello,

    Best keeper to have with Krul?

    a) Friedel
    b) Vorm
    c) Mignolet
    or
    d) Krul => Hart or De Gea and play every week

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    1. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
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      B

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  15. lord_lucan
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    drenthe goal disallowed offside (half a mile onside and im a gooner)

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    1. Balotellitubbies
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      got away with that one, so obviously onside. shocker from the lino.

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  16. DLL18
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    Drenthe goal '4 yards onside' disallowed lolz

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  17. सनकी
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    Do i have any chance of getting the highest score for this GW?

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    1. denial
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      This is where I miss RBJ.

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      1. सनकी
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        i beg your pardon?

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      2. Jake Donahue
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        +1

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      3. threeputt
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        thank god i dont have the volume on

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      4. Ini
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        Would have torn him a new one..

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    2. Davido989
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      your link is amazing, c*nt lool

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    3. Stat virgin
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      I just shat myself, at how good your team is this week

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    4. Somalion
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      Ha stealing my link are we?

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      1. सनकी
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        simmer down now, it's a free site anyways 😀

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        1. Somalion
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          Haha oh I don't mind, as long as you're getting the anger and not me 😛

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          1. सनकी
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            lol just something to warm them up, the 1st half of most games are a bore to watch 😀

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            1. Somalion
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              Haha too true, my try and sneak that link out again at some point in the next 20 minutes 😉

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              1. सनकी
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                same here, prolly watch it again in the next 30 mins or so lol.

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    5. Optimus.
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      you c*unt

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    6. Attila the Bum
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      Great team

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    7. afcblegend
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      great, now there's coffee all over my desk. i hope you're happy!

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    8. kaz 96
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      MY BROTHER WAS SLEEPING AND ITS 1:25 AM OVER HERE! WHAT THE FECK?

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      1. kaz 96
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        OH AND DID I MENTION HAVING THE VOLUME ON AND NO HEAD PHONES????

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        1. 1966 was a great year for E…
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          It was implied.

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        2. Attila the Bum
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          You wanna turn the caps lock off too otherwise you'll wake him up

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          1. kaz 96
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            HE woke up -.-

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            1. Attila the Bum
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              Not surprised with all those capital letters all over the gaff.

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              1. Somalion
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                Hahahahahaha

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    9. Egg noodle
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      what makes u such an idiot? are you 10 years old?

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    10. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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      oh my god i absolutely just pissed myself

      i clicked on your link, then clicked on another tab so i didn't see the pic that popped up, i just suddenly heard that f*cking noise!

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      1. Attila the Bum
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        😆

        Here, you ever considered going on twitter?

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        1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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          erm... why you ask?

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          1. Attila the Bum
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            Firstly its actually not as twat infested as you might think. Well really thats a lie, there are literally millions of twats, but it is a handy thing.

            Secondly there may be some sort of competition of wonderment about to take place. But I see you're already in one.

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            1. disparate dan - a reasonabl…
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              competition of wonderment??? what?

              i do have an account, just don't really use it

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              1. Attila the Bum
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                The second one of these

                http://fpltwitterworldcup.wordpress.com/

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      2. Valar(Keith)
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        same thing with me.. thought my laptop's sound card went mad.. nice link though

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  18. Davido989
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    Kelly off, Coates on,

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    1. Top Heavy
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      He didn't last long

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  19. Piggs Boson
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    VDV is now on my radar.

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    1. Tommytour
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      How is he doing? Cup opponent has him as Captain.

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      1. Piggs Boson
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        He's threatening and up for it. He's making defensive clearances and having chances. Seems to have turned over a new leaf.

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  20. kaz 96
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    think wenger need to have a look at his "offside>defending" tactics, has costed us so much this strategy.

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    1. Balotellitubbies
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      That was Song's fault for giving it away, no time to organize.

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  21. Brookins
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    Kelly off, Coates on.

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  22. afcblegend
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    great shot of mancini's frustration there!

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  23. Optimus.
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    kelly off

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  24. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
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    Best replacement for silva?

    Current midfield

    Silva bale sess siggy Valencia

    Got 4.8m in bank

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    1. Tommytour
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      Walcott

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  25. Jimmers
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    Real gulf between City and United at the moment - City playing with fear, United playing with no fear. City need to find a spark from somewhere and maybe Tevez will be the supplier!

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  26. Egg noodle
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    Blackpool have scored. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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    1. Egg noodle
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      am i lame or what? mancity playing chelsea and im watching Blackpool and Leicester lol

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      1. little_wizard123
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        You support them so makes sense 😉

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      2. COMH
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        You just like to do things differently. I respect you for it.

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  27. Hect.OR 98th
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    was going to ask how drenthe was doing and just seen he's had a goal disallowed. damn.

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  28. arcticjunkie1
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    Miyaichi, will he be subbed off for a player who has played this GW?

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    1. Podge
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      Yeh

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    2. Bøwstring The Carp
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      Yep

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    3. Pat Mustard
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      lol

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    4. Cheggers
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      Nope and you will also lose the top scoring player in ur team too

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    5. Piggs Boson
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      Yep, i have Santon coming on. I really wish i put Caulker before him!

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    6. Top Heavy
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      Yes lol

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  29. Piggs Boson
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    Hart looks good for a cs today 🙂 Gotta love the city defence, best in the league.

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    1. COMH
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      Until Chelsea score...

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    2. afcblegend
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      wouldn't be so sure, chelsea have had a few half decent chances

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      1. Piggs Boson
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        Hart hasn't made a save yet.

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        1. afcblegend
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          mata has skied two shots where he really shouldn't have. just don't count your chickens

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        2. Valar(Keith)
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          that's the problem with owning hart.. rotatin krul and mignolet has got me some decent points last few games

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  30. COMH
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    What is happening to Spurs. Are they melting like Arry's face?

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    1. Pat Mustard
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      Missing Adebayor

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